An ancient human site in Germany features animal bones that were smashed into small pieces and heated to extract fat 125,000 ...

Stone Age humans living by a lake in what’s now Germany systematically processed animal carcasses for fatty nutrients — ...

The excavation of the archaeological site in Germany took place from 2004 to 2009 and was conducted by researchers from ...

Archaeological findings reveal Neanderthals operated a 'fat factory' 125,000 years ago in what is now Germany, smashing bones to extract essential fat during seasons when carbohydrates were scarce.

According to the authors, the huge cache of bones may have been collected over a period of time before being imported to ...

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Fat is a very valuable food component, packed with calories, especially important when other resources might be scarce. Our ...

There were also a few curiosities that got the team wondering what was being overlooked further back in time. For example, a 120,000-year-old Neanderthal was found in the Siberian Denisova cave ...

Nord, Germany, systematically transported and processed the bones of at least 172 large mammals to extract nutrient-rich ...

These inherited traits showcase how ancient DNA continues to play a role in our lives today. Despite the passage of time, the ...

New DNA evidence challenges the timeline of human migration to Australia. The ongoing debate about the timeline of human ...

Humans and Neanderthals were mingling some 45,000 years ago — and new DNA research has revealed exactly how our long lost ...